Carefully planned and partly improvised: inside the Columbia protest that fueled a national movement
by The Monitor
The Monitor— NEW YORK (AP) — Months before they pitched their tents on Columbia University’s main lawn, inspiring a wave of protest encampments at college campuses nationwide, a small group of pro-Palestinian student activists met privately to sketch out the logistical details of a round-the-clock occupation. In hours of planning sessions, they discussed communications strategies and their […]
BBC News—Gaza protests: Police raid on Columbia protest ignited campus movement. The university president's decision to bring in the NYPD lit a wildfire of protest over the Gaza war.
TheHill—Trump claims ‘paid agitators’ part of Columbia pro-Palestine protests. Former President Trump made unfounded claims Tuesday that pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University contained "paid agitators" as nationwide college campus protests escalate. Hundreds of New York Police Department officers, many with batons and in riot gear, cleared Columbia University’s protest encampments on Tuesday evening, including arresting students who occupied a campus building. Trump claimed in a Fox
The Independent—How Columbia University's complex history with the student protest movement echoes into today. Students protested what they saw as injustice and demanded change